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1. Japan: The Basics

   By Christopher P Hood

   Series: The Basics

   In recent years media attention has focused on Japan in the wake of the East Japan earthquake and resulting nuclear disaster, however what increased media coverage has revealed is significant gaps in global society’s understanding of Japanese culture and society. This book examines key aspects of...

   To Be Published April 30th 2014 by Routledge
2. Dealing with Disaster in Japan

   Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash

   By Christopher Hood

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of JAL flight JL123 is part of the Japanese collective memory. The 1985 crash involved the largest loss of life for any single air crash in the world. 520 people, many of whom had...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Politics of Modern Japan

   Edited by Christopher Hood

   Series: Critical Issues in Modern Politics

   Owing to the changing nature of Japan and its role within the world, more needs to be known of the dynamics of Japanese politics. This timely set brings together key articles on the most crucial issues facing Japanese politics today, and the relationship between Japanese politics and the main...

   Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge
4. Shinkansen

   From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan

   By Christopher Hood

   The image of the shinkansen – or ‘bullet train’ – passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international reputation for speed and punctuality, little is understood about what makes it work so well and what its impact is. This is a comprehensive...

   Published June 12th 2007 by Routledge
5. Reward for High Public Office

   Asian and Pacific Rim States

   Edited by Christopher Hood, B. Guy Peters

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   The choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing. This book examines rewards of high public office in seven Asian political systems, a particularly rich set of cases for exploring the causes and...

   Published December 11th 2002 by Routledge
6. Japanese Education Reform

   Nakasone's Legacy

   By Christopher P. Hood

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   The Japanese education system has attracted increasing attention over the past 20 years, largely due to the belief that it has been central to Japan's economic growth. Many have felt, however that the system is stunted by an inability, or perhaps even on an incapacity, to change. This study...

   Published February 21st 2001 by Routledge
7. Telecommunications Regulation

   Culture, Chaos and Interdependence Inside the Regulatory Process

   By Clare Hall, Christopher Hood, Colin Scott

   Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

   Using unprecedented access to the key actors inside the UK Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) and supporting interviews, this book explores how telecommunications regulation works from the inside....

   Published December 15th 1999 by Routledge